College football is rocked by its latest controversy. Recently, the company that handles the video footage of the teams revealed that one side gathered unauthorized access to its materials. While the team is largely kept anonymous, the Ohio State Buckeyes have emerged as the culprit.
Furthermore, there’s one more team that is being dragged into the mud. Michigan Wolverines believes they’re also getting targeted for the breach. While the Catapult hasn’t disclosed any team yet, the names of these two sides have come forward. Now one of Michigan’s spokepersons has cleared the air surrounding the fresh controversy.
Michigan Wolverines’ spokespersons clearly deny the side’s involvement in the unauthorized access controversy
As the Michigan Wolverines prepare for its playoff match against the Alabama Crimson Tide, a fresh controversy has attracted the side. While the Wolverines became the center of sign-stealing accusations in November this year, this time the team has denied such allegations. Catapult, the company that handles the video footage for college programs named two unnamed teams for gaining unauthorized access. One of Michigan’s spokespersons believed that it was targeted in the breach. However, the team already closed access to its Cloud and video footage back in November.
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This was done as a preventive measure to avoid any unauthorized access to its video intel. Both the playoff teams- Michigan and Alabama are avoiding watching film on the Catapult mobile app due to unauthorized access issues. There were some strong clarifications given by the Michigan Wolverines side since they already had to deal with the sign-stealing repercussions.
Michigan Wolverines staying clear of Catapult’s unauthorized access claims
Jim Harbaugh‘s side is quickly attracting all the controversies to its name. While they did cop the fines and suspensions for their direct involvement in the in-person sign-scouting saga, they’re staying clear of the recent controversy. Michigan’s offensive coordinator also cleared his side’s name in Catapult’s unauthorized access claims. Sherrone Moore narrated the same saying- “Just told our kids, I think it was early November, ‘Hey, we’re not watching stuff on the iPads anymore. Watch it in-house and handle it that way,’”
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While Catapult is aware of its unauthorized access to college football video investigation, they’re yet to find any concrete evidence. “We have conducted an internal investigation and have not found any security breach in our systems. We have shared this with local authorities that are conducting an investigation. We will continue to support the ongoing investigation with the NCAA and local authorities.”
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